✅ Successful Hackintosh Build – macOS Tahoe 26.0.1

💻 Hardware

• CPU: Intel Core i3-12100 (Alder Lake, 4 cores / 8 threads)
  
• GPU: AMD XFX RX 570 8GB (Polaris, native support in macOS)
  
• Motherboard: ASUS Prime H610M-E D4
  
• RAM: XPG 8GB DDR4 3200MHz
  
• SSD: Samsung 980 NVMe 500GB
  
• Audio: Realtek (patched with AppleALC layout-id)
  

⚙️ Bootloader

• OpenCore Version: 1.0.5
  
• SMBIOS: iMac20,1 (working — Macmini9,1 also possible)
  
• Quirks: ProvideCurrentCpuInfo = YES, CFG Lock disabled
  

🛠 Kexts Used

• Lilu.kext (1.7.1)
  
• VirtualSMC.kext (1.3.7) + SMCProcessor, SMCSuperIO
  
• WhateverGreen.kext (1.7.0)
  
• AppleALC.kext (1.9.5) – with layout patch
  
• NVMeFix.kext (1.1.3)
  
• RealtekRTL8111.kext (LAN)
  
• CPUFriend.kext + CPUFriendDataProvider.kext (custom Balanced Performance profile)
  
• USBToolBox.kext + UTBMap.kext (USB mapping)
  
• XHCI-unsupported.kext (for H610 USB controller)
  

📂 ACPI

• SSDT-EC.aml
  
• SSDT-PLUG-ALT.aml (for Alder Lake CPU)
  
• SSDT-USBX.aml
  
• SSDT-USB-Reset.aml
  
• SSDT-SBUS.aml
  
• SSDT-RTC.aml
  

🔊 Working

• GPU Acceleration: RX 570 fully supported (Metal + OpenCL)
  
  • Geekbench 6 Metal: ~54,882
    
  • Geekbench 6 OpenCL: ~42,252
    
• Audio: Working with AppleALC patch
  
• LAN: Realtek RTL8111 working
  
• NVMe: Samsung 980 stable with NVMeFix
  
• USB: Proper mapping with USBToolBox + UTBMap
  
• CPU Power Management: Balanced performance tuned with CPUFriend
  

⚠️ Not Working / Notes

• Intel iGPU UHD 730 disabled (-wegnoigpu) → RX 570 is main GPU
  
• E-cores not present (i3-12100 = only P-cores, simpler setup)
  
• Some CPU benchmarks (multi-core) lower than Windows (~4800 vs 8000+) → still tuning CPUFriend / SMBIOS
  

✅ Status: macOS Tahoe 26.0.1 fully bootable and usable as a daily driver.
GPU acceleration, audio, LAN, USB, NVMe all confirmed working.